As they evaluate the implications of the coronavirus, some state trucking associations have adjusted the schedules of their truck driving championships.
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Amazon Warns of Delivery Delays as Coronavirus Elevates Demand
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. is warning its customers may see some delivery delays, and some items could be out of stock as the impact from the coronavirus spreads across the country. The company says the increase in people buying things online is having an effect on how it serves its customers.
March 16, 2020Cargo Not Affected as Trump Suspends Travel From Europe to US
WASHINGTON — Taking drastic action March 11, President Donald Trump announced he is cutting off travel from Europe to the U.S. and moving to ease the economic cost of a viral pandemic that is roiling global financial markets and disrupting the daily lives of Americans. Restrictions won't apply to cargo.
March 11, 2020Higher N.J. Tolls Pitched to Pay for Turnpike, Parkway Projects
New Jersey is pushing for higher passenger-vehicle tolls this year — and regular increases in the future — to pay for improvements to its Turnpike and Garden State Parkway.
March 10, 2020Auto Industry’s Coronavirus Fears Shift From Supply to Demand
Automakers and suppliers across the globe have been scrambling to keep production going after the coronavirus shuttered parts plants across China. But now a bigger fear is emerging: Consumers may be in no mood to buy cars and trucks.
March 9, 2020Developers Revive Cold-Storage Facility Plans in Maine
A hotly anticipated plan for a waterfront cold-storage warehouse is back on the table in Portland, Maine.
March 6, 2020Bayonne Bridge Expansion Pays Big Dividends for Port of N.Y.-N.J.
Nearly a year after the Port of New York and New Jersey rededicated the raised Bayonne Bridge over the Kill Van Kull tidal strait connecting Bayonne, N.J., with Staten Island, N.Y., officials say the project is paying big economic dividends.
March 3, 2020Amtrak Names Former Air Cargo Executive as New CEO
Amtrak named a former air cargo executive as its new president and chief operating officer March 2.
March 2, 2020Most Ports See Container Volumes Decline in January
Facing strong headwinds from the lingering effects of the U.S.-China trade war, the slowdown associated with the Chinese New Year, and later the coronavirus, most of the nation’s ports saw container volumes fall in January.
March 2, 2020Economists Fear Possible Recession as Coronavirus Spreads
Economists who closely follow the transportation and trucking industry say the next month will be critical as to whether the economy avoids a recession in 2020 as concerns over the spread of the coronavirus mount.
March 2, 2020